Innocents
Caught in a madman’s rage
Life distorted
Normal becomes abnormal
Sense becomes senseless
Logic disappears
Flowers appear
Springing from the bloody ground
Can they hallow the soil?
In this eternal struggle
Of good versus evil
Love versus hate
The decision is yours
Choose wisely among
The images you resurrect
Will you choose
Flowers
Living symbols
A kaleidoscope
Of changing patterns
Varied hues of
Red, yellow, orange and purple
Delicate and wild
Single and in bouquets
Spreading as grief flows
Like blocks in a quilt
Standing at attention
Mirroring internal struggles
First fear, grief and anger
Later, forgiveness
Will you choose
The glint of sunlight on steel
The thunder of bullets
Tearing flesh
Faces contorted
Bodies crumpled, discarded
Left where they fall
As a fetus without a womb
Animal sounds emerge
Without a home to go to
Echoing through
The community, the nation, the world
Hate as strong
As the gun’s metal,
Contains within its chambers
Limited volleys
Once expended
Its power dissipates
Love, as delicate
As the flowers’ petals,
Conceals within its pods
Seeds
As infinitesimally small
As grains of sand
Stretching
Through space and time
Imagine
Nature choosing for you
After hate’s missiles end
Love’s seed sows itself
Endlessly
Norway – July 2011
Third version September 2011
Fourth version Oct
KDK
Copyright © Kathleen Kroll | Year Posted 2016
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